P power

got told in my local one worst summer they had since opening the shop 90% money is on the slot machines

very sad

Shop has been open an hour not seen a person very very sad .Looking at the switch just thinking it wont be lonng guys and gals.
Ronnie.

Source: Business Post https://share.google/22xmbhIKx3Cz0y4A8

Closing 100 more shops in UK and Ireland

Thats very bad news for Betfair,Paddy is the major shareholder in paddy.betfair company.LOADS OD DEPOSITS GO THROUGH PADDY OFFICES TO BETFAIR.

No problem laying off shop staff but continuing with the gimps in the 'studio' or the likes of Crouch etc and all the other 'experts' telling you who to put your money on.

In fact its a mega disaster for all gamblers

Shops are for pensioners and the sick.....shut em down....cash is dead.....ull get arrested for carrying it

Thats why everyone in North London throw their cash on to the streets,they know there is 36 free money days to go.

Everyone has a bookie. in there pocket.
How many shops are still.going that are not owned by the big boys

Sep 3, 2026 -- 12:16PM, MJK wrote:

No problem laying off shop staff but continuing with the gimps in the 'studio' or the likes of Crouch etc and all the other 'experts' telling you who to put your money on.

always the way, wrong of course

I was shocked how quickly the shop experience has changed.  I walked past a couple of shops during Cheltenham.  In the 1990s and 2000s they would have been rammed, and fun.  A tiny handful of pensioners watching the racing and an equal number of younger men playing the machines.

Just small highstreet casinos now. Glad to see them go

The days of sitting in my local bookies speaking to interesting people about horse racing, and having fun :)

What do they spend on"From the horses arse"..must be a fair bit to keep the false,gushing Kennelly,the despicable Walsh and Delargy umming and erring their way through it..

Don't think paddy has slot machines in there shops in south Ireland

it will finish betfair IMVHO.shareholders will sell because paddy owns the properties ,i may be wrong but it does not look good at best.imvho

As far as I knew bookies rent the shops...laddies up here anyway

Maybe you are correct,

Powers rent all the shops in Southern Ireland anyhow. There's been a few vacated over the last year already.

When they opened they would have had to apply for suitability of premises ,it hard to see them getting that if they were only intending to rent.But then again you may be correct

Finish Betfair. Ull fool of p1sh brasser .....they costing money

REPORTED

Brass inherited a string of bookies shops
Lucky for him his papy ownedall the deeds

Papy learnt him how to report and tell massif porky pies

Brassneck the majority of the shops are on medium to long term leases. I would assume more shops would already be closed if Powers owned them outright.

Maybe they might start laying a bet take punters on then if there any good at what they do they will show a good business model rather than moaning about the tax and A/C blaming it all on that take a chance like we do if can get on

Just done a 12 hour day thinking where has the shops gone wrong.Here we go the fobts have Gone the silver money is still there on a morning but sad to say the guys who are having the 10 p round robins 20 years ago are still having there 10p round robins today the 25 quid race to  race punters have gone off the face of the earth over the las 3 years the shops high staking punters have been asked for proof of funds we all no what they have said the exex have gone through the roof the takings have gone through the floor sad to say its not going to get any better.
Sad but True.
Ronnie.

Ronnie a lot easier listening to the ladies on extel back in the day than what you have to listen to from the clowns on the 'audio' these days...

MJK.
Iwont tell you how a well known tipster gets paid for his the 3s on looks a good thing .Ronnie.

Why are you doing a "12 hour shift" at your age ffs?

Mjk .You will like this Corals have about a dozen horses in training in there race club dare not to think how much it costs and how much the trainers a skimming ran out off coffee today paid for a jar myself didnt want to get an email why have you put an expense claim in for 435.

Leif.
Sir Alan Shugar is 10 years older than me a guy said to him why are you in your office every day at 6 you dont need the money he said i have always worked and enjoy working.
Ronnie.

Ronnie, you're doing 12 hour shifts at 69

if you scroll back far enough on here you'll see the bookies were warned the business model they were introducing was the road to ruin.

thought they were being clever. 

not so fkng clever now, ruined.  shutting down all their shops.  maybe open them up as turkish barbers, stick 4 casino machines against the back wall, hope some mug comes in for a Low Skin Fade and drops 2 grand in one. 


didn't lissen

Surely the reason why betting shops are in decline is the competition? Why would you go to a betting shop unless you live within walking distance and want to chat with your mates? I live 6 miles from a betting shop as I did 50 years ago. At that time I did have telephone accounts but if I wanted to watch a race I went to a betting shop which had a few car parking spaces outside it. Otherwise I went to a racecourse. Then along came attheraces, terrestrial coverage of big meetings through channel 4 and ITV. Then SKY and RTV plus numerous online betting opportunities which also include live pictures of every race. Since 2000, exchanges have allowed any serious racing fan or punter to get better odds than a betting shop can provide on 90+% of horses. 99% of my horse racing bets are now on Betfair and I only keep one other online account in case Betfair goes down. I don't need a betting shop any more. My grandfather (who farmed with horses) needed a farrier to shoe them. I don't and now only leisure horses provide any work for farriers. If I want any hardware I order it on Amazon and get it next day. I no longer visit hardware stores. No different with betting shops. And you get roughly 10% higher winning returns at Betfair SP than industry SP.

we effectivly have a betting shop on our lap, no need to use a shop .

Exactly Foyles. Why does anyone still prefer a shop? The only thing that I still prefer to buy in a shop is fresh food.

Sageform you of course make valid points re betting shops today. I still use them regularly and will continue to do so. The main reason is I'm still getting on. Very easy to spread your business around 3 or 4 shops. If I had ANY online accounts they would be shut down immediately. They won't let you on unless you're a mug. I've only been stopped twice in the red shops. I'm staying a couple of steps ahead and basically they don't know it.

each to their  own but as sageform says the value is on here especially if you back the bigger priced uns sometimes near double the odds of sp .and you dont  get restricted on here . i do have a few accounts but rarely use them. my local laddies and billz if they have 3 people in its a crowd.

The green bots have practically ruined betfair. I rarely use it now. Years ago I wanted a ton at 9. 8.2 was available. Within a millisecond 8.8 was being asked for. So I asked for 8.6. Again the bot asked for 8.4. I'm not chasing around anymore trying to outwit a bot.

do you all forget that Paddy is the main shareholder in paddy/betfair ,he makes the decisions.if you lose on betfair your money end
s up in paddys pocket.

Just a heads up for anyone who occasionally puts a few quid on an outsider on Paddy:

I learnt to my cost at the weekend that they now only give BOG on bets of at least a fiver. I had a couple of quid on a 33/1 winner but was surprised to see they paid me out on the 25/1 I'd got about 10 mins before the off.

Having done a bit of digging, I found out that they changed their BOG policy at the start of August. The swines!

the second covid lock down, where you could only bet online, all sports back but shops shut. the shops lost 50% of their business to online. It never returned.

I'm sure I can't compete with you slickster but Betfair exchange largely suits me. I bet to small stakes and back and lay in most races. My big complaint in the last 3 months is the constant "timed out" messages if you have not had a bet for a couple of minutes. So annoying when it takes 4 or 5 keystrokes and pages to get back to where you were. I have missed a few winning bets because of it.

I use a paddy’s sometimes but they change there bog all the time one month it’s on another few months it’s off, it’s a pain so I go in now for a free coffee I’ve found it the best using a machine a cappuccino with a frothy head it’s very good, like a chit chat those I haven’t seen for a while only reason I go in now and again

Sage use Gruss, £6 a month and never get timed out.

I had a comment refused for this thread by the gestapo.

It was not racist, sexist, ageist or untrue.

What a pathetic piece of censorship.

The moderators would not be people you would want on your side in a war.

This the UK you yellow clowns.

As Foyles and Sage say
The value is on here
The high st is dead
Why ?
Cos everyone wants convenience
& the better prices are here

Soz slick but i wouldn't touch online books either
BF only

Not been in a high st one for over 10 years
I remember the days of getting all the family slips for National and queueing out the door

Move on

Its ok on here with about 5 mins to go years ago in the morning could get plenty on favs or rags so if u wanting a decent amount on early doors to get the value u got bet with bookmakers so whichever way u look at it as we all know its f@cked just got get what u think is value from where ever u can paddy as f@cked bf for sure [::cry:]

Early bf you could get on decently the night before. Then properly the next morning.
Loads of crap firms letting arbs go Luvbet? rings a bell, terrible e/w races getting abused, coupon football prices held and done.
All change when they pull the strings on here. What I've read about in running, bots, in house etc is correct I am sure.
Value kaput bf, fruit machines limited, competing against slots on your phone, shops close obviously. Where they going to screw next? Can't get enough out the young generation compared to what they have demolished.
Steady away constantly or absolutely smash it quick. Easy call.

bfsp at the bigger prices seldom dissapoints and often a nice suprise waiting if ya happen to hit a skinner !